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** More scenes were written for Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/AnthonyPerkins and Creator/VeraMiles but weren't filmed.

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** More scenes were written for Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/AnthonyPerkins Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins and Creator/VeraMiles Vera Miles but weren't filmed.
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* StarringAStarAsAStar: Star actresses Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/JessicaBiel are cast as star actresses Creator/JanetLeigh and Creator/VeraMiles, respectively. Likewise, noted character actor Creator/JamesDArcy as noted character actor Creator/AnthonyPerkins.

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* StarringAStarAsAStar: Star actresses Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/JessicaBiel are cast as star actresses Creator/JanetLeigh and Creator/VeraMiles, respectively. Likewise, noted character actor Creator/JamesDArcy as noted character actor Creator/AnthonyPerkins.
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** Creator/AndrewGarfield was offered the role of Anthony Perkins, but he was busy appearing in ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' on Broadway. Also considered were Creator/BenBarnes, Creator/TomFelton and Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson.

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** Creator/AndrewGarfield was offered the role of Anthony Perkins, but he was busy appearing in ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' on Broadway. Also considered were Creator/BenBarnes, Creator/TomFelton Creator/TomFelton, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson and Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson.Creator/JacksonRathbone.
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** UsefulNotes/EdGein was included in the original screenplay. In subsequent drafts, the role of Gein was either eliminated completely or reduced in importance.

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** UsefulNotes/EdGein Ed Gein was included in the original screenplay. In subsequent drafts, the role of Gein was either eliminated completely or reduced in importance.



** During the lengthy development process, actresses considered or seen for the roles of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles included Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EmilieDeRavin, Creator/NatalieDormer, Creator/AshleyGreene, Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/KateMara, Creator/BritMarling, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ChloeSevigny, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/EvanRachelWood.

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** During the lengthy development process, actresses considered or seen for the roles of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles included Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EmilieDeRavin, Creator/NatalieDormer, Creator/AshleyGreene, Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/KateMara, Creator/BritMarling, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ChloeSevigny, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon and Creator/EvanRachelWood.

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* DuelingWorks: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.
* FakeAmerican: The British James D'Arcy plays the American actor Anthony Perkins.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: James D'Arcy usually plays sleazy villains. In this, he plays an actor who's cast as one.
* RealitySubtext: Anthony Hopkins was once introduced to Alfred Hitchcock in a restaurant, as the movie depicts happening with Janet Leigh.

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* DuelingWorks: With HBO's Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.
* FakeAmerican: The British James D'Arcy Creator/JamesDArcy plays the American actor Anthony Perkins.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: James D'Arcy Creator/JamesDArcy usually plays sleazy villains. In this, he plays an actor who's cast as one.
* RealitySubtext: Anthony Hopkins Creator/AnthonyHopkins was once introduced to Alfred Hitchcock Creator/AlfredHitchcock in a restaurant, as the movie depicts happening with Janet Leigh.Creator/JanetLeigh.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: More scenes were written for Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles but weren't filmed.

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More scenes were written for Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/AnthonyPerkins and Vera Miles Creator/VeraMiles but weren't filmed.filmed.
** Creator/AndrewGarfield was offered the role of Anthony Perkins, but he was busy appearing in ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' on Broadway. Also considered were Creator/BenBarnes, Creator/TomFelton and Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson.
** UsefulNotes/EdGein was included in the original screenplay. In subsequent drafts, the role of Gein was either eliminated completely or reduced in importance.
** Creator/JulianFellowes, Creator/SpikeLee, Creator/RichardLinklater and Creator/TylerPerry all showed serious interest in directing this movie.
** During the lengthy development process, actresses considered or seen for the roles of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles included Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EmilieDeRavin, Creator/NatalieDormer, Creator/AshleyGreene, Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/KateMara, Creator/BritMarling, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ChloeSevigny, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/EvanRachelWood.
** Creator/BradGarrett, Creator/TonyGoldwyn, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/TonyShalhoub and Creator/MarkStrong were amongst the many actors seen or considered to play Lew Wasserman.

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* DuelingMovies: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.

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* DuelingMovies: DuelingWorks: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.


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* StarringAStarAsAStar: Star actresses Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/JessicaBiel are cast as star actresses Creator/JanetLeigh and Creator/VeraMiles, respectively. Likewise, noted character actor Creator/JamesDArcy as noted character actor Creator/AnthonyPerkins.
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* MetaCasting: Scarlett Johansson has long been noted in fashion circles for her love of gowns and hairstyles inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood. So who better to cast as one of the stars of that era?



* ShownTheirWork:
** Vera Miles is shown with short hair, and has to wear a blonde wig on set. She had shaved her head for ''Film/FiveBrandedWomen'', which is why she had to wear a wig in ''Psycho''.
** The book that Alma helps Whitfield write is a real one that was eventually published in 1981.
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* FakeAmerican: The British James D'Arcy plays the American actor Anthony Perkins.
* MetaCasting: Scarlett Johansson has long been noted in fashion circles for her love of gowns and hairstyles inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood. So who better to cast as one of the stars of that era?
* PlayingWithCharacterType: James D'Arcy usually plays sleazy villains. In this, he plays an actor who's cast as one.
* RealitySubtext: Anthony Hopkins was once introduced to Alfred Hitchcock in a restaurant, as the movie depicts happening with Janet Leigh.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Vera Miles is shown with short hair, and has to wear a blonde wig on set. She had shaved her head for ''Film/FiveBrandedWomen'', which is why she had to wear a wig in ''Psycho''.
** The book that Alma helps Whitfield write is a real one that was eventually published in 1981.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: More scenes were written for Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles but weren't filmed.

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* RoleAssociation:
** [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] is Alfred Hitchcock.
** [[Film/TheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is Alma Hitchcock.
** [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Arnold Rothstein]] is Hitchcock's agent, Lew Wasserman.
** Top Dollar from ''Film/TheCrow'' is Ed Gein.
** [[Film/RoboCop1987 Clarence Boddicker]] is Hollywood's top censor.
** [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Col. Styker]] is Whitfield Cook.
** [[Film/CloudAtlas Rufus Sixsmith]] is Anthony Perkins.
** We ''dare'' you to recognize [[spoiler:Film/TheKarateKid]] as screenwriter Joseph Stefano.
** [[MarvelCinematicUniverse The Black Widow]] is Janet Leigh.
** [[Series/SeventhHeaven Mary Camden]] is Vera Miles.

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* RoleAssociation:
** [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] is Alfred Hitchcock.
** [[Film/TheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is Alma Hitchcock.
** [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Arnold Rothstein]] is Hitchcock's agent, Lew Wasserman.
** Top Dollar from ''Film/TheCrow'' is Ed Gein.
** [[Film/RoboCop1987 Clarence Boddicker]] is Hollywood's top censor.
** [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Col. Styker]] is Whitfield Cook.
** [[Film/CloudAtlas Rufus Sixsmith]] is Anthony Perkins.
** We ''dare'' you to recognize [[spoiler:Film/TheKarateKid]] as screenwriter Joseph Stefano.
** [[MarvelCinematicUniverse The Black Widow]] is Janet Leigh.
** [[Series/SeventhHeaven Mary Camden]] is Vera Miles.
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* DuelingMovies: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project Film/TheBirds - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Hitchcock torments Janet Leigh with increasingly explicit sexual fantasies while she's filming the car scene.

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* DuelingMovies: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project Film/TheBirds ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Hitchcock torments Janet Leigh with increasingly explicit sexual fantasies while she's filming the car scene.
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* DuelingMovies: With HBO's ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project Film/TheBirds - and another blonde starlet to obsess over.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Hitchcock torments Janet Leigh with increasingly explicit sexual fantasies while she's filming the car scene.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:

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* HeyItsThatGuy:RoleAssociation:
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** We ''dare'' you to recognize [[spoiler:Film/TheKarateKid]] as screenwriter Joseph Stefano.

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** We ''dare'' you to recognize [[spoiler:Film/TheKarateKid]] as screenwriter Joseph Stefano.Stefano.
** [[MarvelCinematicUniverse The Black Widow]] is Janet Leigh.
** [[Series/SeventhHeaven Mary Camden]] is Vera Miles.
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** [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] is Alfred Hitchcock.
** [[Film/TheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is Alma Hitchcock.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Arnold Rothstein]] is Hitchcock's agent, Lew Wasserman.
** Top Dollar from ''Film/TheCrow'' is Ed Gein.
** [[Film/RoboCop1987 Clarence Boddicker]] is Hollywood's top censor.
** [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Col. Styker]] is Whitfield Cook.
** [[Film/CloudAtlas Rufus Sixsmith]] is Anthony Perkins.
** We ''dare'' you to recognize [[spoiler:Film/TheKarateKid]] as screenwriter Joseph Stefano.

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